Perhaps due to financial difficulties resulting from the short but sharp Financial Panic of 1920 - 1921, or because he was sued by rival American Art Bronze Foundry for copyright infringement, in January, 1922, Viquesney's American Doughboy Company was sold to and operated by his friend and business partner in Americus, Georgia, Walter Rylander. For the next four years, Rylander owned all rights to the Doughboy and inventory of the company. Toward the end of his tenure, however, Rylander began to put his own name on the copyright plate of the statue, and removed the title, "The Spirit of the American Doughboy". Viquesney in the meantime had made a fortune with his "Imp-O-Luck" good luck charm, and was subsequently able to buy back his Doughboy company from Rylander in January, 1926, and until his death twenty years later, Viquesney never let his Doughboy company out of his possession and control again.

There are four known Viquesney Doughboy statues that bear Walter Rylander's copyright mark. Since they were made from Viquesney's original molds and are identical in every respect to the artist's signed originals, they are included as valid locations on this website. Click the link buttons below for more information.